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Nipah virus, first identified in 1998, remains a deadly threat due to bat reservoirs, human practices, high fatality rates, ...
Intrepid microbe hunters have discovered 20 new viruses lurking in the bat populations of the orchards of southwestern China.
After 15 years of research, scientists in China have discovered two brand-new brain-inflaming viruses in bats, relatives of the deadly Nipah and Hendra strains. Found in kidney tissue near fruit ...
Researchers studying 142 bats in Yunnan (2017–2021) found 22 viruses, including two new ones similar to deadly Nipah and ...
Scientists in China discover 20 new bat viruses, including Nipah-like strains linked to fatal brain inflammation. Experts warn of potential human spillover risks.
Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...
The discovery of the Camp Hill virus marks the first detection of a henipavirus in Alabama in North America. This event highlights henipaviruses, a group of highly dangerous pathogens known to ...
Viruses constantly emerge and evolve, with some posing significant threats to human and animal health, while others remain confined to specific species. A recently identified example of the latter is ...
The first known henipavirus, Hendra virus, was identified in Australia in 1994. There have been just seven cases of humans getting infected – four of them were fatal.
This strain is called Camp Hill, named for the place near Auburn, Alabama, where four infected northern short-tailed shrews were caught in 2021. “The discovery of a henipavirus in North America ...
Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that live in several U.S. states ...
Researchers found first henipavirus strain in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals living in Canada, many U.S. states.